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An amendment is an alteration for the better. Congress cannot name a national religion or not allow ant form of religious exercise; or go against freedom of speech, or of freedom of the press, not the right of the people to gather without a problem and to petition the government.
 * __What is an amendment?__**
 * __What is the first Amendment in a simpler understanding?__**

The first amendment was created because it stands as the core values of American freedom and democracy.The First Amendment was written because at America's opinion, citizens demanded, and guaranteed that they would get all their freedoms.
 * __Why was the first amendment created?__**

Before the Revolutioanry War, the citizens were being ignored of what they wanted to say in government. Many people wanted to be able to say what they want without being ridiculed or being prosecuted.
 * __What happened before and during the Revolutionary War that this amendment was created?__**

Today, there are some issues about how people like paparazzi get in celebrities' buisness. . But, paparazzi sate the news about famous people and in the first amendment, it states that the press has the freedom to say what they want as said in the first amendment. During colonial times, many poeple with rebel newspapers were executed for treason including the writers of the newspaper. Also, people could be taken in for questioning or prisoner because they said things that weren't "allowed". Today, most people can say what they want maybe insulting people as long as it is not a threat or something. Some people sometimes don't undersatnd the full extent oof the first amendment. People say something like, "Oh it's a free country and I can say what I want." But it doesn't work that way at all. You can be prosectuted for doing things that are state in the first amendment. [|James Madison] created the first amendment so that people would be able to bring their point to everyone and their government, also so that they can't be prosecuted for their opinions seeing as many people were prosecuted for holding certain illegal newspapers and stating their opinion.
 * __How do the issues that helped to create the first amendment apply to the issues today?__**
 * __Who created the first amendment?__**

Yes, the fourteenth amendment regualtes what speech can be said today, the federal governemnt can also ban certain books and bring to poeple to jail becuase they went against how the government wants the country to be like and preventing the peace as well as disrupting the lives and thinking of people.
 * __Is there an amendment that prohibits the length of the first amendement?__**

In a recent case in San Diego, California, a private mall banned protesters from protesting in front of it fearing that it would scare away business. But, “A shopping mall is a public forum in which persons may reasonably exercise their right to free speech,'' says justice Carlos R. Moreno. The California Supreme Court ruled that private malls are not allowed to ban protesters from protesting in front of the mall as seeing that it went against the first amendment of the constitution.
 * __Current Events in with the First amendment__**

If you would like to read the whole article please click on the following link, [|http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/][|California first amendment court case] If you face any problems getting to the article and click on new search, and then search freedom of speech under news and look for, Court Ruling On Protests Curbs Malls In California.(National Desk)(California Supreme Court).

Kevin's opinion: If you would like my opinion I would have to say that this article is a great demonstration on how much power the people actually have even though most people don't realize how much power that they do have. The first amendment in my opinion is one of the best amendments created because it states most of the people's privaliges that are not sated in the bill of rights. This article shows that eveyone does have a say in something in our country no-matter what. Everyone has the right to petition and argue against the government so why not stand up forst it at all.

Recently on Jan. 3 2008, [|Amnesty International] and other human rights programs can have the same privileges that many other journalists have. To read the rest of this article please click on the following link: [|Current Event] [|freedoms]Many other progams need this right too. The freedom of the press helps all the human rights programs stand to their feet and get what they want. Isabella's opinion: I would have to say that this article is a perfect demonstration on the freedom of the press right. Since this happened recently it should explain all the rights it needs to have. I think that the first amendment made the freedom of press and freedom of speech rights so people have theirway. People can have their way with this amendment and not get that in trouble. This way, people can do things in a healthy way.
 * __Current Event on Freedom of the Press Today__**

Christian's current event [|Christians link] Free speach is in the First Amendment. But in a crumbled realitionship in a divorce a court dosen't like the idea of it. In a divorce between Girrido vs. Krasnansky the husband (William Krasnansky) is posting things about the crumbled marriage. His wife, Maria Girrido told the cort to order Krasansky to take down all the postings. Then Krasansky backfired wiith that he said that he didn't have a blog postings. When the court found out that he did have postings, he said he has a right to free speach.

If you would like to read the full alticle [|click here] to read the rest of the interesting divorce about Girrido vs Krasansky.

Christian's opinion: On a pesonal basis I think Krasansky did what he thought was right. He is intitled to free speach on the internet. I also agree with him. And if I could I would do the same thing as he did. I think the wife just should have fought back. She should not have brought it to court. It was unfair to him. If anyone looks at the internet now they will find all rude and crude things there. But, you don't see any of them bringing it to court.